Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1147     Reading:  90

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1151?     BP:  148/65     Pulse:  54

Breakfast:  1258  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 4 oz slice sugar cured ham 1 slice toasted oat bran bread with 1.5 tbl Fleischmann's margarine 1/4 tsp cinnamon on bread 6 oz orange juice diluted w/8 oz water
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
Niferex-150 [150 mg elemental iron]	1 hour before breakfast	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with Niferex-150	helps the body metabolize iron
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
Protonix/40 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast med
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
aspirin/81 mg	1 tab with breakfast	standard breakfast med - given for anti-coagulant properties
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
Daily Senior Multivitamin	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
folic acid/400 mcg	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	standard breakfast supplement; a natural antibiotic and anti-coagulant
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with or after meal	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    Nothing really unusual about this breakfast or the stats, except that, once again, I attempted to get her up early, today at 1000, in part because we had discussed, with favor, last night, going to Costco together today. Didn't materialize, which I'll explain in my post for this date.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1615     Reading:  181

Blood Pressure:Not taken

Lunch:  1630  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 a 3 oz bag of "lite" microwave popcorn 8 variety olives in vinegar, dill, olive oil brine 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tabs with meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron

    Didn't take her blood pressure because she was huddled in my house coat, didn't want to take it off (I don't blame her; it was snowing outside and no matter how warm it is inside, looking at snow makes my mother cold). Other than this, a typical lunch at a typical interval. Except her blood sugar. I'm not sure why it was so high. She stayed up between breakfast and lunch. I thought she might have eaten something while I was at Costco and simply not remembered, but I could find no evidence anywhere that she had and, believe me, there would have been evidence if she had. At any rate, it's still below 200. Maybe her body was just working a little slower than usual, today; it was observing Snow Conditions.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2022     Reading:  99

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2026     BP:  125/61     Pulse:  55

Dinner:  2045  & Meds What she ate:  Approx 1.5 cups homemade bean soup made with the ham scraps left from Thanksgiving's ham; chopped, sauteed green pepper, celery, onion and garlic; approx 1 Tbl MPBIL's Southwestern Fire seasoning; Ranch Style (brand name) canned beans 1 slice sourdough grilled garlic cheese bread
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tabs with meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
calcium-vitamin D/500-200 mg	with meal	believed to be an osteoporosis preventative

    No second glass of cranberry juice tonight. She usually asks for it at dinner, but tonight she wanted root beer and, luckily, we had one can left. I was pleased with everything; her blood sugar, her blood pressure and her appetite. It is a pleasure feeding her...she likes everything I cook; when she hasn't lost her appetite to some medical condition, that is.